Not By Works

Wait, are you saying immediately after Paul goes on record in verses 14 and 15 declaring before God and everyone else that the Cross wipes out the distinction between Jew and Gentile...in the very next verse he turns around and in the same breath makes a distinction between Jew and Gentile??!!

No way. I think I've just shown where the misunderstanding lies

In the Body of Christ, there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile, as you said. But Israel still comprise of only believing Jews, as Acts 21:19-25 indicated.

He is distinguishing between Israel and the Body of Christ, not Jew and gentile, as agreed with Peter James and John in the Jerusalem council event in Galatians 2:7-9

7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles)

9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

in was speaking of you, and all your puffed up ranting .

repent of your pride, admit you are sinner, and trust the sinless Savior.

So whenever you show favoritism for one person over another you think you're in direct violation of the 2nd and 10th commandment?

By the way, nothing in James 2 implies they were making a carved image to bow down to or were coveting their neighbor's possessions. So you're definitely incorrect, but just to prove it let's use an example.

Since you say so, if you provide for your family first before random strangers you're showing favoritism.

How are you going to avoid showing favoritism if you have to provide for your family using your limited resources?

1 Timothy 5:8
8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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You do a lot of criticizing. Free exchange of ideas is not in your posts.

Your posts are so critical and judgmental. Have you removed that beam in your own eye?

Romans 8:15-16

So, you're just gonna ignore those texts I showed you which prove the only "Israelites" God recognizes today are those who are "in Christ", right? No matter, I'll show you how your Dispensationalism "proof texts" actually support my position:

While Paul says undeniably that the spiritual, inward distinction between Jew/Gentile post-Calvary has vanished and that an Israelite is no longer identified by race, but by grace ------ for the purposes of spreading the Gospel and clarifying truth, it would have been extremely impractical for the apostles to ignore the obvious physical, cultural, and theological differences between Jew/Gentile. Thus, it was necessary to maintain a literal, outward distinction for that reason, and that reason alone.

Does the gift of salvation concern itself with issues involving race or grace?
Does God's New Covenant concern itself with issues involving race or grace?
Does church membership concern itself with issues involving race or grace?

Again, in order to "establish" Dispensationalism, you are using texts which make a literal, outward distinction for the specific, lone purpose of spreading the Gospel/clarifying truth to undermine the fact that the only Israelite God recognizes is he who accepts salvation, partakes of the New Covenant, and is a member of "the Israel of God", the Christian church.

Confidence is often jealously mistaken as arrogance by those who know their beliefs can't stand the test of Biblical scrutiny, but can't find the courage to abandon them.

"Spirit of the Law":
Isn't the point of 2nd Comm to abstain from casting misplaced adoration, to which James clearly refers? Also falls under the 10th Comm because those who show ill-motivated favor to others do so with an expectation of some emotional or monetary return on their investment.
There's a diff between favoritism and prioritization. 1 Timothy 5:8 KJV prioritizes family, but don't worry: God knows when we're guilty of "sins of omission" where strangers are concerned.

Sure, sure, you keep saying that but you've yet to find a post where I attacked someone's character, right?

Do you even know what "free exchange of ideas" means? It's not the same as like on Christmas morning where everyone smiles and says "thank you, I love it!"

As long as they're not in error, call them what you want. And how do you know if I have any beams in it?

I read Acts 21:20-25 literally.

The little flock kept the Law of Moses, even after they believe in Jesus as their Messiah, because they are zealous for the Law (Acts 21:20).

James himself emphasize to these Jewish believers that "faith without works cannot save someone (James 2:14). Keeping the law for them, including physical circumcision, is not just for "outward distinction" alone.

The text in James 2 literally says they were showing preferential treatment to people with money and giving them a good place to sit while telling the poor people they can stand or sit on the floor.

Having a preference in and of itself isn't creating an idol or coveting someone's possessions. By that line of reasoning if you have any preference or have a job where you seek an income you're violating the the 2nd and 10th.

I just don't buy that.

Anyway, James doesn't even list the 2nd and 10th commandment in James 2 because if it was relevant he would have said so.

Seriously, the royal law is the law of liberty. It just means love your neighbor as yourself.

Anyway, as James 2 says we should speak and act as those who will be judged by the Law of Liberty (royal law) because if we love our neighbor as ourselves we won't be showing favoritism or giving the good seat to rich people and telling poor people to sit on the floor.

Yes, the Jerusalem church in Acts 21:20-25 KJV was so put off by Paul's colossal screw up for having told the Jewish believers in Gentyland to abandon the Mosaic Law...that they all "rejoiced", right?

Wrong. They were extremely happy with everything concerning Paul's Gospel success, including his instructions that those Jews should abandon the Mosaic Law, as evidenced by their rejoicing. Then, after the party died down, they informed Paul that zealous Jews in Jerusalem weren't too keen on the rumors of what Paul said about the Mosaic Law to those other Jews...so, y'know what was the solution they came up with?

See what I did there? I showed you that you keep taking verses which, for the sake of practicality in spreading the Gospel and clarifying truth, maintain the literal outward distinction between Jew and Gentile -- and want to make them refer to a continuation of the old spiritual inward distinction (which vanished at the Cross) so that your Dispensationlist ideas might be established. Not by this passage

have you not stated in the past that Christians should be keeping the Law of Moses and the jewish Sabbath??

God expects us to use our brains, but sadly, too often, Christianity directs the member to check them at the door when they enter.

Good gravy, man, what other purpose is there for casting one's adoration upon a rich man and inviting him up to the best seat? Could it be to extract from him his money and influence? These are the very things the 2nd and 10th Commandments forbid.

I don't care how you slice it: James SPECIFICALLY mentions two of the Ten Commandments in conjunction with the Law of Liberty by which we are going to be judged. My guess is that you don't have any problem being judged by 1-3 or 5-10..because you aren't worshipping Satan or sleeping with the neighbor's wife or lying or coveting. So, no problem with those, right? But, do you work the first six days of the week and rest the seventh?

Are you reading Acts 21:19-25 literally?

19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

They rejoiced at what God was doing among the Gentiles, and they reaffirmed in Acts 21:25 that Gentiles do not have to follow physical circumcision and the Law of Moses, as determined in Acts 15.

What they were unhappy about is that there are Jews who were listening in to Paul preaching to the Gentiles, Galatians 5:2

Galatians 5:2, KJV: "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing."

and some of these Jews were also following that same teaching (Acts 21:21), even though Acts 15 only exempted Gentiles, nothing was said by James, about whether Israel also needed to follow the Law, the latter was not even on the agenda.

Of course not. The Mosaic Law was nailed to the Cross.
There's no such thing as a "Jewish Sabbath".

Jesus said the Sabbath was made for "M-A-N", not "J-E-W".

God created the seventh day and blessed it long before there ever was a Jew - did He ever bless it a second time? Totally unnecessary, because "...for Thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed forever." 1 Chronicles 17:27 KJV